The No. 4 Corvette C7.R took an early lead in the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup’s GTLM standings. The competition is a four-race series of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s four long-distance events with points for segment winners that go toward an end-of-season championship. Gavin made the winning pass with 35 minutes left and had to contend late with the hard-charging Garcia, whose No. 3 Corvette was on a slightly different fuel strategy.
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Marcel Fässler (l to r), Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin, drivers of the #4 Chevrolet Corvette Racing C7.R, celebrate their victory in the GTLM class Sunday, January 30, 2016, after winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
The No. 3 Corvette C7.R won the DEKRA Green Award for best performance combined with fuel efficiency in the GTLM class. This reminds us of Chevrolet Performance’s “Technology Transfer” strategy - with what’s learned on track, similar technologies will make their way to production cars like the Z06 with its Direct Injection. Build and price your Z06, here .
The Chevrolet Corvette DP (Daytona Prototype) continued its success in the iconic Rolex 24 At Daytona with two podium finishes as all four DP entries finished in the top six in the Prototype class and overall.
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Jordan Taylor (l to r), Rubens Barrichello and Ricky Taylor celebra rfpdyofs. replica orologi rolex siti sicurite their 2nd place finish Sunday, January 31, 2016 during the Rolex 24 At Daytona
Wayne Taylor Racing’s No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette piloted by Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor, Max Angelelli and Rubens Barrichello, finished second for the third time in four years. This was former Formula One driver Barrichello’s first race with the team. Completing the podium was Visit Florida Racing’s No. 90 VisitFlorida.com Corvette DP driven by Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goossens and Ryan Hunter-Reay. This year’s third-place honors tied the team’s best finish in America’s longest professional sports car endurance race.
Defending and two-time IMSA Prototype class champion Action Express Racing’s No. 5 Mustang Sampling Corvette DP finished fourth. Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa, Filipe Albuquerque and Scott Pruett shared driving duties. Eric Curran, Dane Cameron, Simon Pagenaud and Jonny Adam finished sixth in the Action Express No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette DP.
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The next event for Corvette Racing is the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida on March 16-19 from Sebring International Raceway. Corvette Racing will be defending their title from last year as the GTLM winner.
We want to say a huge congrats to every hand involved in these success stories, and hopefully future success stories. Stay tuned for more coverage of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship coming in March from Sebring.
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